During this field trip we will examine the
morphology and substrate of a salt marsh, the composition and morphology of a gravel
beach, and the Pleistocene stratigraphy and geomorphology of a coastal headland. The
processes that created these features will be considered, and where possible, at Flax Pond
they will be observed and measured as well. The trip will start at the Marine Sciences
Research Center laboratory at Flax Pond where we will enter the marsh and examine the salt
peat on its surface and the subsurface fresh peat. From there, we will walk along the
gravel beach to the inlet and then back to the laboratory for lunch. Afterwards, a walk
along a road that follows the western boundary of the marsh will take us to the coastal
bluffs. At Crane Neck Point, we will examine Pleistocene till and outwash as well as
Holocene conglomerate. From there, we will proceed along a gravel beach to the
University's Sunwood Estate, and then along the road back to our starting point.

"A Transect through the Terminal Moraine and the Recessional Moraines of Eastern
Long Island"
Les Sirkin,
Adelphi University
Saturday October 14, 1995